egypt's engulfed in protests on the eve of a referendum on a new constitution as well as to pro president protesters who support the draft of clash with liberal opponents who are against. seismic decision britain suspension on controversial fracking and gas extraction the price is being blamed for causing earthquakes. president barack obama signs into law a bill targeting russian officials accused of human rights violations has approved a similar measure in response. news and comment live from moscow rival rallies and violence in the final day

before gyptian vote on a new draft constitution up to nineteen people were injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of president morsi in alexandria and in the capital thousands from both camps have gathered to let their feelings be known current base report of truth has more now from. at the moment a high me there are hundreds gathered in tahrir square and cards of people to vote no in tomorrow's referendum against the constitution meanwhile i've just come out from the presidential palace where thousands are gathered there as they have been for the last few weeks chanting against the president and of course against this constitution which they say is in just a minute we have of course had quite bloody scenes in alexandria egypt second city on the coast where a man in a mosque basically made in his friday sermon made a statement saying people should vote because yes for the constitution and it was important to stability clashes broke out within the mosque between pro and anti

president's supporters and in the end the opposition forces reported that they were attacked by groups wielding machetes and i am broad's ninety people have been injured so far there have been no deaths but we expect that these clashes to be a precedent perhaps it tomorrow when rival groups meet at the polling stations open their position forces say this constitution will only enforce a presidential dictatorship and that it's only collect key social and economic rights which has been created by various different rights groups like human rights watch to see in addition they said that it is largely a sharia based constitution. there are articles they say in the constitution which will only encourage a very ultra orthodox interpretation of islamic law however on the pro constitution side they also saying as i heard today in the constitution rallies that this is the only way for a peaceful transition to democracy here in egypt that we need a constitution then we can go to parliamentary elections in the process can be moved on to sing to visions of egypt here with not when they were not having any

idea about what the actual outcome of the referendum will be is the million dollar question here and the subject of conversation across the country and you know what who will win will this be a yes to the constitution will this be a no. there's been no word about the fate of the ukrainian journalist being held hostage in syria after a deadline for her execution set by rebels post on thursday which number who's insisted r.t. along with other media outlets during the syrian conflict was abducted by insurgents two months ago they threatened to kill her if a fifty million dollar ransom wasn't paid off he takes up the story. well the deadline has passed with no word as to whether or not she is dead or alive she was reportedly kidnapped by the free syrian army and held for ransom of fifty million u.s. dollars she was taken hostage nearly two months ago and since then has appeared in two separate videos in the first she appeals to the ukrainian government to pay the ransom money and set her free in a second which many believe was made under way as she admits to being

a spy for the point needs to be made that just about everyone believes the that this video was made under extreme pressure and dulls the object of mists of what she was saying now reporters without borders amnesty international and a number of other nongovernmental organizations have called on the free syrian army as well as the syrian national coalition they've demanded that they immediately secure the release saying that this is the first taste of the newly reliably recognized government at the same time the same rebels. holding her have posted a video in which they have said that no russian no ukrainian and no way in will leave syria alive so there is deep concern as to her fate. the german parliament has approved the deployment of patriot missiles to turkey but in is now also ready to send up to four hundred soldiers to operate the batteries for similar decisions by the u.s. and the netherlands all the same true protect our own crew from potential syrian

the charts but historian german sort says there are other reasons for this build up . the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey and in any case those missiles to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells or. the the turkish border accidentally so the obvious question is why those patriots. speculation is based on the fact that perhaps that is the first step. and direct measurement intervention sometime next year and one has to ask the question who did the germans who did the british who are good old keep their support in syria they are not supporting groups who committed to democracy not supporting groups that committed to political transition in not supporting groups that are committed to in any way the formation

of a transparent state. and we got further insight for you into the various opposition groups in syria as well as how the deployment of nato weapons in turkey may change the balance of power in the region. leaders try to wrap up a year of crisis with a little optimism one warning this spoiled the summit mood the european parliament president criticised the union for taking part in this debate and told them to actually come up with plans to help people james me way from the new economics foundation i spoke to he says there's little chance these words will lead to any action. i think in this case it's an issue of fine words buttering no person it's the truth is that what the you and the european central bank and backed up by the i.m.f. the international monetary fund have imposed on greece and spain and portugal and ireland over the last few years the demand for austerity is precisely the reason that youth unemployment in greece is now around fifty percent and approaching similar levels in much of the rest of southern europe it's the e.u.

this being the problem here it's not being part of the solution in any way part of the issue here is that the european union has as never been a democratic project in the past i think it was accepted by people because it delivered the goods it looked like that you'd have more press prosperous societies economic success maybe even pace you have a group of countries that will agree on some things but won't agree on everything and when you start to push them together when they start to end up in a deep economic crisis that's also a crisis of institutions of course they start to squabble and that's what we've seen over the last few years no real agreement on what to do next because everyone has their own somewhat divergent interests and that's germany doesn't want to carry the can for failing greek banks greece doesn't understandably necessarily want to enter implementor stare at it all these things clash and so of course he starts the disagreements emerging right to the very top of the. u.k. government has given the green light to the resumption of the controversial gas drilling technique known as fracking but the methods heavily criticized for its

destructive environmental impact and has been linked to water pollution and even causing earthquakes. has more. it is the only company with a license to conduct fracking in the u.k. but that's all set to change now that the government has given its blessing for the controversial method of extracting shale gas from underground already operates several wells here in lancashire but the divisive technology was temporarily banned last year and with good reason to the fracking taking place here. he's doing very little he said i don't know a lot about it well he should know a lot about. shareholders pockets this is not going to benefit. for our children hundreds of miles away in london the capital's outspoken. cast.

as in the reserves in america but for residents here in this trying call corner of england it's a blight on the otherwise peaceful community and the prospect of more fracking sweeping the countryside is frightening and they keep talking about it being in. reserve. i think the moment about. how much. the technology may raise fares but the promise of riches from the rush for shale gas has set politicians pulses racing despite mounting opposition which has spread beyond lancashire. and using hydraulic leaks is a high risk activity which has many benefits for foreign investors very little for the people of britain.

it is a short. not very intelligent solution to energy problems they're going to get money out of the drug program to. bring corrupt governments were doing anything for money i think it's just sort of resource. it's not really for the country's best interest to do. brussels isn't convinced either the european parliament is reportedly considering regulating the shale gas industry concerned that britain doesn't know what it's doing by throwing itself wholeheartedly into the controversial practice of the minute that we are not self-sufficient in gas and haven't been for a very long time we were but an afterthought we imported. now we see that in the us gas prices are a quarter of what they were i want you to output this print is much less so there are many reasons why if it. would be attractive in terms of purity of life and

also probably in terms of price stability and that's what's drowning out the warnings bringing down people's energy bills means politicians and big business can press ahead even though those living in the shadow of fracking facilities know that the government is playing with fire. see. more stories to catch up with online including the european court of human rights rules for the first time that the cia has used torture to members of the u.s. intelligence agency sort of german citizen who was wrongly detained on suspicion. plus believe the former c.e.o. of the world's largest producer breaks all records in russia where the president impaled on leaving his job.

it's reported at least twenty seven people have been killed in an elementary school shooting in. well bill as you mentioned at least twenty seven people killed most of them children it was an elementary school in a small town in connecticut we're getting reports that the attacker was a twenty year old man with ties to the school two guns were found on the site of the shooting we know that the shooter is dead we don't know whether he took his own life or whether he was killed by the police these kinds of shootings are a recurring thing in the united states there has been a number of horrifying incidents at schools in the past this incident is the second

deadliest school shooting in the u.s. after a gunman killed thirty two people at virginia tech in two thousand and seven we of course remember the columbine massacre in colorado where two students shot and killed thirteen people at their school and injured twenty four the problem is getting a gun in the us is no problem in most states here in any attempts to regulate that hit the wall and that wall is the second amendment the right of the people to bear arms some states have the controls over gun possession. in the state of illinois had a ban on concealed weapons and just this week gun rights advocates celebrated a court ruling that struck down that that ben the nation's law such prohibition is unconstitutional and they ordered the state to craft a law allowing that and the state of wisconsin tossed out its ban on concealed

weapons last year it seems there is no way of arguing against the amendment even if those arguments are these horrific massacre is that occur time and time again in the us. and thanks very much indeed for that to go live from washington. well i'll be back with more news after this short break students. the san bernardino california police force work to shrink by eighty officers this year to cover their budget deficit during a local meeting the chief of police laid out the city's problems the sea is facing waves of gang violence theft and drug trafficking but with all the prisons completely overcrowded many of these criminals go right back on to the street and there's just nobody to put more police out there to fight them the police chief

really only had one solution offer a given situation go home lock your doors and load your gun and you know what actually that's not that bad of a proposition america's always been a country where people been expected to look out for themselves and i appreciate the police chief's honesty but i know the world we live in and i have a feeling that the second some homeowner shoots a guy who jumps over his fence at night that homeowners going to go to jail for life you can expect a nineteenth century attitude towards crime we'll be able to work in a twenty first century world where rapists can sue you because they slipped on your slippery kitchen floor if you want people to be able to defend themselves that's great but you have to allow them the legal liberty to do so or else the criminals will just take over but that's just my opinion. closers the same or similar the use musicians. to post divided against itself the sunni shia conflict rages across the middle east and beyond is this sectarian

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a. people. saw it. soon which brightened. soon from stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. he's continues now president barack obama signed into law rebuild targeting russian officials accused of human rights violations that says the moscow parliament begins the process of introducing its own bill in response has more now on who the new

russian law is targeting. this bill would target those accused of committing human rights crimes against russians some possible examples of that there have been a number of very emotive and controversial cases in the past few years of russian children adopted by u.s. citizens and in some cases those adoptions have resulted in the deaths or mistreatment of those russian children in one case starts of dmitri yakovlev a young boy he was left inside a car and died in extreme heat some russian lawmakers have considered attaching his name to the bill the bill also targets u.s. citizens accused of kidnapping or illegal imprisonment of russian citizens russia has for a long time so that is opposed to the twenty five year prison sentence given to victor boot a businessman considered by russia considered by america

a dangerous arms dealer this russian bill comes as a direct response to the surrogate magnitsky bill passed by u.s. lawmakers recently as a way to target russian officials accused by the us of involvement in the death of the lawyer surrogate magnitsky in prison in russia in two thousand and nine the magnets keep bill has now been signed into law by a us president barack obama well the u.s. magnitsky act now appears to have its first victim in an editor in chief of a major russian newspaper. says his american visa has been revote in an interview with r.t. the journalist said the news came as a surprise to him. well. possibly there has been articles in the newspaper that expressed opinions that the u.s. state department didn't know it for some reason they have no other explanation personally or professionally are not related to this story up until today i

understood the magnitsky little as one a list of people accused of being involved in his death such as a prison supervisor a doctor a prison head so i thought leaders of the people might be targeted but apparently it has a wider application. now it's round in shape and built to last a chinese man prepares for the predicted apocalypse futuristic the survival points to get the full story on our website. and also an online it seems there is no need to be a model to top the rundown of the most desired women on the planet as a convicted member of russia's controversial punk band pussy riot and the list of the world's leading ladies. germany's getting tough on heavy petting parliament passed a new. law banning interspecies relationships that's upset thousands of germans who say the loves of their lives are we taking away one of them has more beastly story

. well now. best friend and sometimes more than that. i need an animal to be happy life i did not have it there would be something missing. but i can fall in love with you around more than in the sexual relationship is not out of question it's about these people make up some of the estimated one hundred thousand zero files in germany and by well it started slowly or more like child like some kids playing doctor with each other and it's not going somewhere sexual. experimentation that leaves you for. technically it has been illegal since the color freeze and all welfare laws were relaxed in one nine hundred sixty nine that sex with animals was dropped from the start books it is led to

a boom in the practice and the proliferation of websites and even brothels devoted to it after new laws approved this week come into force the practice will again be considered illegal this group claim there will be a witch hunt when it comes into force. the way this law is written means that all you need is a rumor or accusation for the agency to get involved and take it away it also affects not just those who practice best reality where for example an animal has certain issues and all you need is a suggestion that this could have happened for sex and you got into an accusation spiral that reminds you of very dark times in german history. these you affiliate campaigners say that here in the german parliament there legislating against morality however the lawmakers themselves say that it's only the welfare of the animals that they care about.

hooven animal protection law we would like to specify that it's forbidden to cause suffering through sexual relationship but the line is when you cause suffering to an animal for your personal sexual gratification. denmark sweden and belgium currently the only e.u. states with a filial law that leaves the prospect that these countries could become a destination for a zoo or fill a tourism animal rights activists hope the move by the bundestag will become a europe wide. yeah yes we would support a european wide ban and be fairly t. where stand behind other nations and we need to catch up. just outside of berlin as one of the largest animal shelters in europe consent is a major issue while those involved in animal welfare say must be addressed as dogs are loyal even when they're abused they're still going to look as if there had

to be especially when it gets enough to eat dogs will be happy whatever you take but there is not a sign that the dog is enjoying it wouldn't those in relationships with animals though are confident that their love is legitimate and fear for the future cost that you once found as a fantasizing about castrating your take on animals for our friend has found a razor blade in this post with a note do it yourself so we don't have to go where is don't arrive too often but the arrive every now and then in the subway someone was yelling at me calling me names i had concern of the tax could become physical which would often after strasser peter all of a charity. i'll be back with more news for you in about thirty five minutes from now with the news team in the meantime the latest edition of peter viles cross-talk debates the future of the middle east that's coming your way after this short break .

it's perched atop a judge and the view from the prevalence stretches as far as the eye can see apt for a city to all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the a spiritual center. eat . things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers implicity water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. it doesn't matter if it's minus thirty it's a siberian tradition i do it myself every year for everyone to overcome their worst fears it is desirable to take the plunge. but that's

a picture postcard church is the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political exiles and crafty fur traders. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the ball location head of the says for the russians. to moscow's one of the most popular places to send political dissent is not any people were exiled that once a giant bell that was used to incite riots was supposed to set a three hundred ten. the russian heiress across who led a revolt against the eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists worse than heroin drove. there they created

a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also served up some bitter irony for the russian royal family after the bolshevik revolution. this is the office where nicholas the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here they were the fairly comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or go outside themselves whilst leaving this ordinary normal countryside lifestyle they even had thoughts of escape but within the year bizarre and his family would be dead. never again its political significance but the streets will always echo with a glorious past and will likely provide their livelihood first inhabitants in the future.

to. hello and welcome to crossfire computer all about a house divided against itself the sunni shia conflict rages across the arab middle east and beyond is this sectarian division being used to topple regimes and redraw the map of the region and is the sunni shia conflict politicized by outside powers . cross-talk the sunni shia divide i'm joined by joshua landis and norman he is director of the center for middle east studies and associate professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma in dubai we have moved to jabber he

is an expert with the center for middle east studies and public relations and in washington we cross to our resident nader he is a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want josh if i can go to you with the security and difference here between the sunni and the shia have been around as long as islam itself virtually but how is it different in the arab spring and events being played out in the region and we can forget about iran . well it's become very politicized ever since the iranian revolution one nine hundred seventy nine america was boosted was kicked out of iran and went to saudi arabia to build up its major center of power and to keep its hands on gulf oil saudi arabia has become the armored base of the united states and increasingly the u.s. has has sided with the sunnis now that the other big factor was going into iraq when the united states as.